Madden, Brookfield cruise by Bethel lacrosse

Andre Khatchaturian

Updated 11:26 pm, Thursday, May 2, 2013

BETHEL -- Shane Madden outscored Bethel by himself, as his six goals helped to propel Brookfield to a 17-5 victory in SWC lacrosse Thursday at Ralph DeSantis Field.

Brookfield (10-1) came into the game having had its nine-game winning streak snapped by Newtown Wednesday. However, a strong and resilient performance on both sides of the ball helped the Bobcats return to their winning ways.

"We just came out from a rough game against Newtown," Brookfield coach Brian Loftus said. "(But) we pulled it together and settled everyone down and once we started moving the ball and doing the right thing, goals started coming."

Beside Madden's six-goal effort, Brookfield received balanced scoring from the rest of its offensive standouts.

"Our offense is based on the 10 guys on the field and we don't look for one guy to carry the team," Loftus said. "There are some guys that step up occasionally and take the offense on their shoulders sometimes and we do need that to get the offense confident and ready to go."

Liam Clancy was a key offensive cog for the Bobcats, scoring four goals and three assists. JT Redd, Gus Warner, and Tim Tremaglio also scored two goals apiece.

One of Tremaglio's goals in the fourth quarter drew an array of "oohs" and "ahhs" from the crowd. After receiving a pass about eight feet to the right side of the net, Tremaglio fired a shot with almost no angle toward the net and beat the goaltender.

Bethel's offense fizzled after a strong first quarter, when it came back from a 5-1 deficit and only trailed by a score of 6-4 heading into the second frame. From that point on, Brookfield scored 11 of the final 12 goals of the game to cruise to a commanding victory.

"We hustled, played hard, (but) we made some mistakes on offense," Bethel coach Keith Marotta said. "In the end, (it) comes down to possession. When we had the ball on offense, we were able to score. It's just difficult to get the ball on offense. We have to pick up ground balls, we have to win face-offs, and we struggled there a little bit."

Bethel's Troy Deyo scored all three of his goals in the first quarter.

"Troy played well," Marotta said. "But I think (we're most successful) when we're able to incorporate everyone into that offense."